Thursday 10 September 2009

Warning! -Paper quilting could be addictive....


My husband's uncle (or to be more precise my step-uncle-inlaw!) is having his 60th birthday soon (shhhh). A friend of his has decided to put together a book for him and has asked all family and friends to produce something up to A4 size, paper-based, to insert.
Of course my eyes glazed over at the prospect given my new-found paper quilt making skills!!! (See last post).
This was fun to make. The background is a picture I took of the hand-dyed banners, which hung from trees at his wedding last year, printed in colour of course and then copies of pictures we had of him and his family in black and white collaged over the top. This was then mounted on to medium vilene. They were then stitched on with a zigzag in colours of the banners. We even found an old penny printed in 1949 - the year of his birth (sorry Dave it's out in the open now!!) and stuck that on with superglue. It was fun to do and I hope a welcome addition to the book!

8 comments:

  1. I think that's a great project! What a fun way to work with photos and other bits of our lives.

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  2. Fab! Such a good idea. And what a nice present to be presented with too.
    CKx

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  3. Looks good, what a super way to celebrate a special birthday, and a good way to use photographs,tickets etc,

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  4. Yes I agree, this is a terrific project...great job, very unique.

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  5. This will be a wonderful gift!!!!

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  6. These paper quilts are amazing and I imagine such fun to make. I fear I might have to try it, and I guess I am worried because I don't need one more project in my life, but you have certainly made it seem enticing. Very lovely images.

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  7. Hi Clare, come by for a visit, I have an award for you.

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  8. This is a wonderful page for the birthday book - what a super and very special present it will be.

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